Foreign Nations Still Have an Appetite for Agency Securities November 16, 2022 Monica Hogan This fall, Ginnie President Alanna McCargo restarted visits to foreign investors...Read More
Short Takes: Some Turbulence for Rocket / About Those Dividends… / UWM’s Streak Will Continue / New Applications / LD Cancels JVB Line November 16, 2022 Paul Muolo UWM's CEO said he will keep paying a dividend on the common...Read More
Prime RMBS Market Flops in 3Q22: Just Five Deals Issued November 15, 2022 John Bancroft Ugly fact: There were only five deals from four different issuers...Read More
A Loss for Better.com’s Merger Partner, ‘Going Concern’ Issue Raised November 15, 2022 Paul Muolo Better’s founder and CEO Vishal Garg isn’t mentioned in the 10-Q except for some references in the footnotes.Read More
Velocity Shifting to Defensive Posture; Records Strong 3Q November 15, 2022 Namrata Bhatia Velocity, like other non-agency originators, is starting to tighten underwriting standards...Read More
Under New Ownership (Soon): Select Portfolio Servicing November 14, 2022 John Bancroft Fitch and other ratings firms last affirmed the company’s solid RMBS servicer ratings a year ago...Read More
In October, Ginnie Issuance Takes a Tumble November 14, 2022 Monica Hogan The nation’s top three issuers in October: PennyMac Financial, United Wholesale Mortgage and Freedom Mortgage.Read More
loanDepot’s Debt Price Nears the 50 Cents Threshold November 14, 2022 Paul Muolo Deeply discounted debt is not a good sign...Read More
Poised for Non-Agency Growth: CDFIs November 14, 2022 Monica Hogan CDFIs have been granted exemptions from the CFPB's ability-to-repay rule...Read More
Another Miserable Quarter for Non-QM Lender Impac November 11, 2022 Namrata Bhatia The nonbank’s margin plunged to negative 110 basis points in the third quarter, compared to 14 bps in the April-June period and down from 287 bps in the third quarter of 2021.Read More